Community Inclusion Resources
Local Organizations
Casa Latinos Unidos de Benton County
Facilitating the integration of Latinos into the broader community by promoting well-being of families, providing opportunities for leadership and capacity building, supporting and advancing equal rights and equal access, and creating a climate of tolerance and cross-cultural understanding.
Community Action for Racial Equity (CARE)
A grassroots organization advocating for racial equity. The group meets in Corvallis and Albany.
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Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center
A community learning center where individuals and families of all cultures come together to share, mentor, understand cultural literacies, access resources, and build a cohesive community in a safe and welcoming environment.
Linn-Benton Community College | Department of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Their primary objective is to prepare LBCC’s students, staff, faculty and managers—as well as the communities in which we live—for an increasingly diverse society and workforce.
NAACP Corvallis/Albany Branch
Working to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights without discrimination based on race.
PO Box 870 | Corvallis, OR 97330 | 541-829-3023
OSU Diversity & Cultural Engagement
Committed to the overall development of under-served students. Create and advocate for inclusive and educationally purposeful initiatives that enhance deep learning, academic success, cross-cultural fluency and self-efficacy by fostering a climate that supports social equality, community engagement, and global membership.
OSU Equal Opportunity and Access
Committed to success for the entire university community through equality, fairness, and understanding. Their work is guided by three principles: equity, inclusion & diversity.
OSU Women of Color Coalition
Aims to provide members opportunities to forge meaningful relationships across racial and ethnic lines, in order to support each other at a predominantly white institution.
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) Corvallis/Albany
A national organization that provides support, education and advocacy for families, allies and people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ).
Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) Corvallis Chapter
A national network of groups and individuals organizing White people for racial justice.
Contact: Faith Reidenbach | 541-609-8420
MOVIE: White Like Me
Based on the work of Tim Wise, the film explores race and racism in the United States through the lens of whiteness and white privilege. In a reassessment of the American ideal of meritocracy and claims that we’ve entered a post-racial society, Wise offers a look back at the race-based white entitlement programs that built the American middle class, and argues that our failure as a society to come to terms with this legacy of white privilege continues to perpetuate racial inequality and race-driven political resentments today.
Available at: Corvallis-Benton Public Library